The Al-Nuri Mosque and its minaret were severely damaged by the Islamic State (ISIS), but their reconstruction is now part of a UNESCO initiative to assist the recovery of Mosul. In addition to its ...

Bari is also responsible for issuing a fatwa for the July 2014 destruction of a mosque believed to be the burial place for the prophet Jonah of “Jonah and the Whale” fame, the Iraqi government ...

"Death, death to Saddam!" chanted Imam Husham Al-Husainy through a megaphone at a pro-war rally broadcast by C-SPAN in ...

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After years of careful restoration work, Mosul’s skyline has reclaimed one of its most beloved symbols, with Unesco placing the final brick in the city’s landmark Al Nuri Mosque minaret.